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POPB ^ WVEIiS . " " ' ' „ ' ¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦ . ~ „„ . J ^ .. •« , » - : Tr " Hurst & Blackett gerhert Lajoe . ; , fry ° « - . : Bentley ^^^ J ^^ Bv ^ Howe Hurst & Blackett gff ! S 5 S ^* EW- . Hu ^^ Bla ^ t We nlace Herbert Lake it the head of our present list because , on the whole , w ? cSer it to be the best of the four . Nevertheless it is a provoking novel . It wants so little to improve it so great ^ and , ^ wantinf ? that little , wantssomuch . What that little is it would be difficult to describe . There ig a certain flabbiness of tone pervading the book ; a perpetual shortcoming which is always leaving a passage , that should have been excellent , merely fair Perhaps this want is simply masculinity : a woman's eve for details , and her too nice regard for them , checks the broad now of dialogue and story . The elements of the tale are by no means new . They ^ are these : Hero , lowly-born genius—high-born family in the neighbourhood-friendly footing with higbfbom family—proud , stony-hearted father of high-born family-lovely daughter-hero-genius in . love with lovelv daughter—love in ioye
secretly returned—stony-hearted parent in the way—ricKecty son with lowly-born beauty—marriage—proud father remorseless—despair of ricfcetty son and lowly-born genius—an interval of a volume and three quarters—grand catastrophe—pride quelled and love free—proud parent relents—marriage of hero and heroine—pardon of ncketty son—affecting tableau of unitedand happy family—edifying end of ricketty son , who , as Mrs . Gamp would say , makes " a sweet corpse . " All these characters and situations are nearly as old as chess-men ; but as chess-men are susceptible of ever new combinations , so the author has given a new treatment to ancient friends . The first volume drags , and is dull ; the second and third are stirring and interesting , full of vigorous painting of character , and vivid
dialogue . ., _ ., „ - ... Women as they Are would more properly be entitled : Women , as it is a blessing to fathers , brothers , and husbands they are not . " Every ^ woman , except one , is an exceptional character . The heroine , who tells the story , is morbidly nervous in body and intellect . Of plain , sensible words , for which there is so constant a demand , she has no supply ; on the other hand , she has an exhaustless supply of tears and aspirations after everything that isn ' t as it is , for which there is no demand . The author in the preface denies being a copyist of Currer Bell . Intentionally so , of course she is not ; her ^ feook is not the less a diluted Jane Eyre . Story there is positively none . For two volumes the writer proceeds minutely , inch by inch , laying out her eround and developing her characters with a certain ominous ,
mysterious hint of a catastrophe ; and that catastrophe is neither more nor less thanthe word Finis * Despite all this , there is a strange , weird , although disappointing , attraction ; and if the author could only get a good tale to tell , we are half disposed to believe there are few would tell it better . ~ , ,. i t .. x j The writer of Oakleigh Mascott apparently possesses a fairly-cultivated mind and good animal spirits , the latter finding their outlet here m pages of vivacious rattle . The story is old ( is a new plot possible ?) , but is easily made readable with the aid of judicious skipping . The fault is that it is too long for the materials . Had it been half as long , it had been three times as successful . Sir Charles Oakleigh is a north country baronet , and his family consists of a son , two daughters , and a foundling , commonly called Ella . The young lady came into his family by her nurse dvins ? in a snow-storm close by his residence . They know nothing of
her save that her-nurse was French , and called her Gabrielle when dying ; and they have a medallion which ( like the spot your long lost brother always has somewhere about him ) will inevitably identify her . Sir Charles adopted her f and-she-isheroine ,-possessed-of , an ^ amount . ofJbeau ty and virtues , in direct defiance of the science of averages . The Honourable Mr . Mountjoy is hero—visits his uncle Sir Charles—falls in love with Ella , as also does , apparently , one Lord Grantham , a regular tragedy villain , with eyes like railway signals . Mountjoy is refused because Ella considers her unknown descent a barrier . Grantham is refused because she really loves Mountjoy . A lull . Presto 1 Ella is Viscountess Grantham in her own right—Grantham is a rascal—suppresses the proofs of Ella ' s identity to enjoy her money and title—ra found out—and becomes plain Mister , like the rest of us . It is now Mountioy's turn to be high-mindedly proud : he won't propose again to Ella , the Viscountess . This is the pons asinorum of the tale ; and short work should have been made of it . That they will marry of course everybody knows , the only question is , does Ella propose to Mountjoy , or vice versd f Now , instead of finishing his hero and his story at a
Blow , our author takes both off to India , and . indulges in a digression of nearly » volume about hog-stickuigirid other recreation ^ very well m their way , but quite out of place here , and finally brings the herd back to Eng ii land , and marries everybody to everybody in a . few rapid paces . ¦ ; Of the Voting Htisland , we are sorry only to be able to ^ speak Itt dispraise . It is badly put together , worse written , and of tne ^ queerest morality . The Young Husband is in love with an English opera singer ; is virtually engaged toiler . An old idiot dies and leaves the heroine all his property , and a round sum to the hero , provided he ramies her . The hero does marry her , she adoring him , he hating her . The opera singer , broken-heartedsubmits to her mother ' s influence , and marries Lord
, Duncan , hating him also . Young Husband runs away with ex-opera singer , Lady Duncan—young wife divorces Young Husband . Lady Duncan is drowned , after undergoing poignant remorse—Young Husband goes to Torquay , and perishes in lull health and in the prime of . life , also suffering frightful remorse ; and so . ends this delightful story . Now , what are these two foolish fellow-mortals stung by remorse for ? For having married people they hated—surely a sin of some magnitude P Not at all ; but simply for having violated some mysterious je nesais qwn < , which the authoress fancies there lies in an orthodox marriage , and which is , with her , all in all—in fact , which is marriage . Again , the heroine very properly ( and ) div Burtay uest
very fortunately being rich enougn orces ner nusouuu ; , me thing she could do . But the novelist actually makes her suffer poignant remorse , for having set aside theje ne sais quoi , although her husband was living in open infidelity . The style is pure slip-slop : " sweet creature , " ' ^ dear baby , " " foreign clime , " and similar staring novelties , run through tjie book . The authoress is cruel to the last degree—creating only to kill . Men , women , and children , are called into life and killed off with no necessity as regards the story , and with reckless disregard to the feelings of a susceptible public . We close the last volume with pleasure ; this is the most favourable word we have to say of the book .
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¦ ' FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday , January 23 . BANKRUPTS . —John Stevbnb . Fetter-lano Cheesemonger—Edwabd Muruss , Maidstone , licensed victualler—WinrAM Pbakob , Glerkenwell-green , gas-fitter— Henry Bixxibl Habbis , Shrewsbury , draper — Hbney Spencer , Ross , Herefordshire , linendraper—Jambs Lucas , Stroud , Gloucestershire , oheesefaotor — John Ward , Penistoue , Yorkshire , surgeon—John Ooxon , Macolesfleld , butcher—Thomas Escolastico Pbakson , Beaton Carow and West Hartlepool . merchant . . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . — J- Kbz . t . Glasgow , olothior—J . Faulds and Co ., Beith , merchants—J . M'Oaui _ , Stranmer , bootmaker . Friday , January 26 . BANKRUPTS . —Nbhbmiah William Pabson , Southwarlc . millwright and engineer— Gbobob Hiu , Brighton , upholaterer—Abchibald Nbvison , Darlington , hosier—WliiXtlAic L ~ D _ ow PAI . IN , Putney , licensed victualler—Sauttbi . Glovbb Fairbrothbb , Bow-street , printer — John Bjo ~ aju > Wbst . Sun Saw Mills , Canal-road , Kingsland , Middlesex , dealer in hard wood—David Enoch DAvns , Pontypridd , Glamorganshire , grocer — Gbobob Skits , Southwark , hat and cap manufacturer—Geoegb Wabd , Bristol , victualler — Henry Phillips , Bethnal-H » reon > roML _ lllddleflez , corn chandler and corn dealer—JH 0 B _ mn . BHO _ i Blaokman-stroot , Southwark , watch and Sr *! , m * i 5 S r ITl' * SBPH Bbadeord , Coventry , licensed viotualler— -WiiautAM Qaitdt and Gbobob Gandv , York , meronanta — John Waidbon , Montgomery ,
innkeeper—Riohabd Collaed , Dovonport , coach proprietor—John WiI / Liam Shaw , Liverpool , passenger oroker—Samuel Gabbatt and Henuy Buckley , Sand H ill , near Mot tram , in Longdondale , Chester , innkeepers .
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OLYMPIC . —TIT FOR TAT . " Tat , " it appears , means making your particular friend jealous , in a general manner . " Tit" means a ferocious retaliation . Such may be called the argument or explanation of Les Moris me font toujours rire of M . M . Delacour and Jaime fits , and which , under the name ofTit for Tat , has been Anglicised , without being vulgarised , by Mr . Frank , possibly Francis , Talfourd . For plot , there are two plots very similar in conception ^ and almost identical in execution . Mr . and Mrs . Sowerby live with their friends , Mr . and Mrs . Frankland ; there is also a niece " Rose , " and a " Frederick Thornby , " to whom they let bachelor apartments . " Mrs . Sowerby" is the victim of attentions—the recipient of elegant bouquets , and the rejectress of indifferent verses . " Sowerby' ^ ( Mr . Robson ) observes that " Thornby" ( Mr . Wigan ) always calls about the time when he is going to his daily labour , and from that circumstance and the bouquets he draws an agonising conclusion . " Thornby" sees all , and enjoys all . The game
goes on , and " Frankland" is also jealous , but suddenly all clears up , the act drop falls , everything has been a mistake , and " Thornby" marries " Rose . " So far the piece is complete in itself . In the second act everything is soon reversed . " Sowerby , " whose fears are fled , is bent upon taking a terrible revenge . For this purpose he plays precisely the same game , wjth the same machinery , and the same results . Nevertheless , a harmonious whole is produced . There are fifty positions and elucidations impossible to describe—but a word for the performers . Miss Maskell , Miss Turner , and Miss Bromley , as the three wives , are great in art , for all are malicious—they are yet true to their natures , for all are playful aad _ pleasant . _ Mr . _ Wigan , pJays ^ a . young man and manners , deprecating marriage , yet not minding the taunts when he becomes a Benedick . More admirable acting it would be difficult to find . Mr . Robson is
a plain man of business who makes himself mad through unwarrantable jealousy . He has fifty " nervousnesses" and a " good-natured friend" who constantly reminds him of them . Mr . Robson ' s despair is becoming chronic—his effects are falling into a " damnable iteration , " hisjmanner is a perpetual twitch ; but he is always conscientious , always in earnest , and he never loses hold of the audience or of his personation . In this part , he has no good speech , no capital point ; he makes his point through feeling and looking the infliction . The boxes and dress circle were generally in favour of the gentleman who had , for the time being , the lover ' s position . The pit and gallery were generally with Mr . Robson , possibly because the populace will not sympathise with the fortunes or mis . fortunes of a British dandy . Yet , somehow , the entire house was always with Mr . Robson—or , was it always with Mr . Wigan ?
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BIRTHS ^ MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . CORBETT . —Jan . 10 , at Paris , tho wife of Edwin Corbett , Ftrst Attache to H . B . M . Legation at Madrid ; a daughter . GARNETT , —Jan . 22 , at Quernmore-park , Lancaster , tho wife of w . J . Garuett , Esq : a son . PELHAM . —Jan . 23 , at Hampstead , tho Hon . Mrs . John Pelham : a son . PflTRB , —Jan . 23 , at Thorndon , tho Lady Petre i a daughter . WINN . —Jan . 19 , in Upper Seymour-street , Portman-square , tho Hon . Mrs . Rowland "Wfnnj a son . MARRIAGES . BINNEY-BLISS . —Jan . 4 , at the Cathedral , Halifax , Nova Scotia , by tho Lord Bishop of Newfoundland , assisted by the von . Archdeacon Willis , tho Right Rov . Hibbort Binney , D . D ., Lord Bishop of Nova Scotia , to Mary , , daughter of tho Hon . William Blowers Bliss , one of the Judges of the Supremo Court . 0 HASE-NORTHCOTE .-Jan . 18 , at South Bront , Somerset , the Rev . Temple Hamilton Chase , Michel Pel low of Queen ' s College , Oxford , incumbent of Lydbrook , Gloucestershire , to Elizabeth eldest daughter of George Barons Northcoto , Esq ., of Somerset Court .
COOKSON—AINSLIE . —Jan . 23 , at St . Mary *» -the . L-W . Cambridge , the Rev . Henry W . Cookson , D . D ~ Master of St . Peter ' s College , to Emily Valence , eldest daughter of the Rev . Dr . Ainsllo , of Hall Garth , Lancaster , Master of Pembroke College . DEATHS . BASSET . —Jam 22 , at Tehidy-park , Cornwall , Frances , Baroness Basset , aged seventy-four . BO YD . —Jan . 10 , at Boulogne , after a short illness . Sir John Boyd , Bart ., aged sixty-eight . HILL . —Jan . 20 . at Wafmor Lodge , Deal , Roar-Admiral Sir John Hill , Knight , aged eighty-one . HORTON . —Jan . 21 , at Calton , Derbyshire . Commander Fredoriok Wiluaot Horton , R . N ., aged thirty-five .
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MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE . Friday Evening , January 26 , 18 S 5 . Thb Funds have drooped very considerably sinoe last week . Tho continued gloomy accounts from the Crimea , and the tone adopted by the leading journals , must have convlnoed even tho most determined Bull that matters at Vienna and in our Cabinet at home wore not all eouleur dc roao . Yesterday ' s third editions of tho morning papers , announcing tho resignation of Lord John Russell , caused but a slight sensation . It was only a matter of speculation who was to go ; and a general regret prevailed that tho retiring Minister or Ministers had not been rather Lord Aberdeen and his accomplices .
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 27, 1855, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27011855/page/20/
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